If you’ve never heard of Furikake, it’s currently one of my most fave condiments. It’s a mix of toasted sesame seeds, roasted seedweed, dried tuna flakes, salt (& MSG I think) and meant as a condiment on rice. Here’s the wiki definition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furikake

I picked this up at the Real Canadian Superstore in the Asian Section.

{found an old post sitting in “draft” limbo land, thought to pull it out into the daylight}

This year I’ve been having a craving for doing a prime rib roast instead of the usual Turkey for Christmas supper. I’m a sucker for a fantastic prime rib and I had done it with a smaller portion for two before.

Now I’m making a roast for 8. I decided to pick up a 10 pound roast (5 ribs) from a local butcher that had it on sale $7.99 a pound when I’ve found it for $9.99 pound elsewhere. Since he got a fabulous deal and I was ordering it would come to about $6.99 pound. WHAOO!! Costco had it for $21.99kg or $24.99 trimmed and tied.

Since I had cooked it before but smaller, I really liked how it turned out but I don’t remember the website. All I remember was that it was different than most and it’s cooked at a low heat to give you that restaurant style. SO upon further searching I came across this website:

So it’s been a while since I posted anything here. I realized that I had quite a few posts sitting in draft form and rather than finish them off or delete them, I just posted them as is. So everything that’s dated September 3rd, except this post has been sitting around for a couple of years!

I got off my butt this year and got canning! Actually as I write this I’ve got the pressure canner going with about 9 x 500mL jars of beef stew.

I’ll be keeping track of everything I’ve done this season on here, hopefully! I have a canning diary and it’s been amazing to have it refresh my memory since it’s been a couple of years. But it’s always great to see pictures of the fruits of one’s work!

Boil the first 7 ingredients until the salt has all dissolved. Let cool to room temperature. Now prepare the turkey. Remove innards pouch, wash and pat turkey dry. Add brine mixture to 4L ice water then submerge turkey breast side down ensuring cavity is full. Place in a cool place for min of 8 hours. I usually brine for 12 hours.
Remove turkey from mixture and pat dry. Discard brine mixture.

Pour boiling water all over it including inside the bird, the skin will shrink sealing in all the turkey goodness. Run a little cold water overtop to cool it a titch. Pat dry to remove the water. Then stuff it if you wish and brush a little oil on the skin. Add some spices on the skin if you have some poultry seasonings or even just paprika is cool too.

Ideally place it on a rack in a roasting pan. Use some foil to create a tent or use a cover or lid with the roasting pan.

Roast it at 450F for 15 to 18 mins per pound or 32 to 34 mins per kilo. Half an hour before the roasting time is up, remove the foil, baste a couple and turn the heat down to 325F.

That being said, I had a 19.28 pound turkey then calculated 17 mins per pound, I got 5 hours 27 mins when I took out my meat thermometer at the 5 hour mark it was done. The skin was all nicely brown and crisp. So I took it out of the oven and let it rest for an hour.

Well I had picked up two and a half pounds of stewing beef on the weekend and thought I’d better get on it and make some stew!
So I first browned the beef in a tablespoon in olive oil and placed it in a large pot.

Then added the rest of the ingredients.

Ahhhhhh, the true test of a good seal… :) When you can pick it up by the seal 24 hours later!